Maiduguri: facts

At a glance

• Country: Nigeria
• Region: Borno State
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 1,110,000
• Coordinates: 11.8469° N, 13.1571° E
• Time zone: Africa/Lagos (UTC+01:00)
• Currency: Naira (NGN)
• Distance to the capital, Abuja: 692 km (430 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Maiduguri International Airport (MIU): 8.4 km (5.2 mi), straight line
• Salak Airport (MVR, Cameroon): 196 km (122 mi), straight line
• N'Djamena International Airport (NDJ, Chad): 207 km (128 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Khaddamari: 12 km (7 mi)
• Konduga: 36 km (22 mi)
• Zunfur: 46 km (29 mi)
• Magumeri: 47 km (29 mi)
• Mafa: 49 km (30 mi)